Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-27
TO OPEN TOMORROW.
The Base Ball Championship Season
AZ Hand.

The base Ball Championship Season
at Hand.
THE GAMES IN THIS CITY AND ELsEwHERE-THB NINE
THAT WILL CROSS BATS HERE WITH THE BOsToNs-
GAMES PLAYED YESTERDAY.
Tomorrow will be great day for base bali peo-
pie. The National League Will then open its cham
pionsh1p season. Thousands of people all over
the country are hoping that the weather will be
| fine and everything favorable. The game here
will be between the reconstructed BostOns who
are bidding for the championship, and the wash
fngtons. who are not saying much, but intend to
do all their work on the diamond.
The other League games tomorrow will be:
Philadelphia and New York, at New York; Chicago
and Pittsburg, at Pittsburg, and Detroit and In
dianapolis, at Indianapolis. The results of games
tomorrow, while not fOreshadowing the cham
plonship standing Of the different clubs to any
extent, will be significant in giving some idea OF
the strength OF individual players.
THE HOME NINE.
The nine that Will represent the home club win
be Whitney and Mack, Kreig, Farrell, Donnelly,
Myers, Carroll, Hines and Shock, and II the Bos-
tons succeed In beating it they will have to play
wonderfully strong game. Ir they should come
OF victorious there are two other games this week
In which they will have to play just as hard, If
battery tomorrow will be RadbOurne and Daily.
The fact that DOnnelly is to succeed O'Brten at
come to admire the hard hitting the aaie
Manager Carney has come to the conclusion,
ATE ahter giving the matter careful consideration
tnat OBr1en cannot play third base as it should
be played, and he prefers substituting DOnnelly,
OF whose fielding he is sure
oBRIRN's FIELDING.
OBrien fields brilliantly at times, and is sure on
straight balls; but those that come on either side
OF him are apt to be poorly handled. In addI-
tion hethrows very ugly ball for the f1elders to
hold. While his individual play in itself might
not 1n1ure the chances OF game, its effect on the
a N I'M TnirYh n . agfr
him on third the diamond is dead and lacks conf
dence, and the players hesitate about throwing
the ball to him. O'Bren will not be released, and
In games in which Shaw and Gilligan are the bat
terry he will be put third for his batting strength
particularly If Shaw Is not batted much In the
direction Of third base. DOnnelly is an admirable
felder, fair, though not heavy, hitter, and a
good runner. 1t is expected that his presence on
third will inspire feeling Of confidence in the
infeld which will more than compensate for the
loss of O'BrienS hitting. The above are the reasons
for Manager Gafney's action, and as he manages
the team by virtue OF his acknowledged good
judgment Of base ball, it is but right that he
should be allowed an opportunity to test the
merits OF the change without advance criticism.
GAFFNEY ON THE NEW RULES.
Manager Gaf1ney umpired the game yesterday,
and it was his first appearance behind the batter
under the new rules. He is generally acknowl-
edged to be one OF the best umpres In the country
and therefore his judgment on the success of the
new rules Will consequently have considerable
weight. To STAR reporter to-day he said, 81
never was so surprised In my life The umplreS
iabors are wonderfully hghtened by aoolishing
the high and low ball. IL Is only play TO judge
ball and strikes now. man with quick eye cam
not fail to give satisfaction in this respect II he
fails he has no business to be an umpire"
BASE BALL YESTERDAY.
Two mines from the National club, one headed
by Mack and the other by Farrell, played an inter-
esting game yesterday afternoon, Mack's nine
coming out victorious by score of to l. The
same clubs play to-day; The Georgetown college
Club defeated the PallaS club, OF the Amateur
League, yesterday by score OF Is to 5. Games
elsewhere yesterday resulted as follows: At Phil
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, i; Cleveland, 8. At st.
LouiSCinc1nnattiS, 6; st. Louis 10. At New
York-Brooklyns, IA; Baltimores, Z.
Incendiarism i'm South W ashin9ton.
A COLoRED SERVANT GIRL ACCUSED OF SETTING FIRE
TO HER EMPLOYERS HOUSE.
Last night, about fifteen minutes after O'Clock,
boy entered the fourth precinct station, in South
Washington, and told Lieut.. Vernon that Mr..
Solomon s. Richold's house was on fire, and he
wanted him to turn in an alarm. The lieutenant
ran around to Mr.. Richold's house, No. 427 9th
street, and arrived there few minutes before No.
Engine Company. In few minutes after the
arrival of the remen the flames were extinguished.
Lieut.. vernon examined the premises and diScOv-
cred that the house had been fired In five or six
places. In the front bedroom, on the second
floor, fired had been started in the middle OF the
bed, and In the back room fire was built in the
closet. The mantel- piece, which was saturated
with coal Oil, was also burning. In the kitchen
the middle of the floor and set on fire,
and in two other places on the lower floor fires
had been started. There was, OF course, no doubt
but that the place had been purposely set fire,
and Lieut.. Vernon was determined to ferret the
p erpetra.or out II possible pos Sergeant Daily and
clue they went out in the wOOdshed, where they
discovered dress which belonged to Miss Richold.
The officers then concluded that the house had
been robbed by some person who afterward set
fire TO 1t for the purpose OF cOncealng the rob-
berry. While the investigation was in prOgreSs
Sergeant Daily arrested Mary Brooks, the cOlored
servant employed In the house She Wa1 accused
OF the crime, but protested her innocence. The
officers, however escorted her to the station. She
said that while In the rear room on the second
floor she accidentally spilled some coal Oil On the
mantelpiece which took fire from lighted candle
she carried In her hand:
THE CASE SENT TO THE GRAND JURY.
Mary Brooks, the prisoner who is about sixteen
years old, appeared in the dock to-day charged
with arsOn and plea Of mot guilty" was entered
for her, she not being represented by counsel
Lieut.. vernon testified to the fire as above de-
scrbed, and to the conversation with the prisoner
In which she stated that she placed clothes in the
woodshed so that they would not get burned. She
also said she spilled coal Oil the mantlepiece
and 1t caught nre from lighted candle which
she carried In her hand Sergt. Daily gave similar
ant was employed in the house and was left in
charge OF the house last night. The case was
sent to the grand jury; bonds $1,000.
Ing OF the trustees OF the Young WOman'S Chris
tan Home was held last night at 12,2 street.
L. ID. Mussey acted as chairman and A. n. Smith
secretary. Some OF the newly-elected lady
trustees met with the board. The bylaws re-
ported by the committee were discussed and
adopted the trustees decided that the institu
OF its founder, Mrs. Wilkinson. The following
officers were elected: Mrs. Mary G. Wilkinson,
president; Miss Katharine Pratt, vtce-president:
Octavius Knight, secretary; Addison N. smith,
treasurer.